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Star Bog Conservation Area

Star Bog Conservation Area from directly overhead

Star Bog Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Deer Park Hill stands 165 m to the north-northwest, 5.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Cranberry Land North, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Old King's Highway (Route 6A) passes 6.7 miles off. 34 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Town of Chatham

How to reach it

Coordinates41.67868, -70.00470

Named places within 25 miles

Beaches
Parks
  • Veterans' Park: 2.2 mi
  • Nickerson Park: 2.2 mi
  • Kate Gould Park: 2.5 mi
  • Lighthouse Park: 2.9 mi
  • Larsen Park: 3.2 mi
Peaks: 34
  • Cannon Hill: 3.0 mi
  • Watch Hill: 3.0 mi
  • Nauset Beach Dunes: 4.7 mi
  • Grassy Nook: 5.3 mi
  • Deer Park Hill: 5.7 mi
Museums: 30
Historic sites: 28
Attractions: 15
Rest areas: 10
  • truck pull-off: 3.4 mi
  • truck pull-off: 4.0 mi
  • truck pull-off: 4.4 mi
  • truck pull-off: 7.0 mi
  • rest area: 8.7 mi
Cliffs: 6
Lighthouses: 6
Artworks: 6
Gardens: 4
  • Butterfly & Hummingbird Garden: 14.1 mi
  • Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Garden: 15.6 mi
  • Shirley Cross Wildflower Garden: 24.3 mi
  • Mashpee Community Garden: 24.8 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Hardings Beach Picnic Area: 0.6 mi
  • Picnick Area: 6.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Star Bog Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Deer Park HillNNW 344°165 m5.7 mi
Discovery HillW 278°77 m24.1 mi
Signal HillWNW 293°60 m10.0 mi
Clay HillW 272°58 m18.2 mi
Black Ball HillWNW 290°45 m10.2 mi
Mill HillN 2°41 m6.7 mi
Green HillN 355°38 m23.3 mi
Scorton HillW 278°35 m20.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4418:1618:52
June solstice05:0619:3720:19
September equinox06:2818:0318:39
December solstice07:0415:2916:13

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323338465564717164544537
Precip in3.83.64.44.03.32.92.83.03.64.24.55.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chatham Muni AP, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1202364278

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